Because I could not stop for life, it stoppedfor me. Wait in doctor’s offices for doctors,nurses, fees. The body breaks, the will floppedLife, the way I knew it, warped all projectorsBroke every wheel, changed the way I thoughtI ought to feel about what I knew was realSo, life will stop. It will always stop.All the things we think we must congealsInto a list of tasks we never finishThe river of time bends, the boat we rideStrikes rocks where all the rushing fishLeap over, and we have to wait for tideOr gather friends and heft the hull acrossIt’s slow, and tedious, but life stops — life stops.